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A. HESSELS.

I COLLAR BUTTON. No. 339,775. Patented Apr. 13, 1886.

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. a side View of my improved collar-button.

UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHONY HESSELS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COLLAR-BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,775, dated April13, 1886.

Application filed February 17, 1886.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, ANTHONY HEssELs, a resident of the city of New York,in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Collar-Buttons, of which the following isa specification.

The main defect of collar-buttons made and used heretofore has been thatthe bottom disk usually had its outer surface made convex, so that onlythe central portion of said disk rested against the skin and chafed thesame, thus making the button inconvenient, and causing a greater or lessabrasion of the skin.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improvedcollar-button which has its bottom'disk so constructed that it fitssnugly againstthe front or back of the neck, and is thus very convenientfor the wearer.

The invention consists in a collar-button having its bottom disk madeoval and curved in the direction of its length on a slightly convexline, so as to conform to the curvature of the neck, said button beingprovided with a flat shank, post, or stem, all as will be fullydescribed hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is Fig. 2 is an end view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a view of the under side of the bottom disk.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The button is composed of the head A, the shank, post, or stem B, andthe bottom disk, 0. The head A is of the usual construction, and may beornamented in any suitable manner, or constructed to hold a gem. Thebottom disk, 0, is made oval or elliptical, and has its under sidecurved in the direction of the major axis of the ellipse or oval on aconvex line, so as to adapt the under side ofsaid plate or disk to fitsnugly against the front or back of the neck. The post B is made flat,

and is fixed to the upper side of the bottom Serial No. 192,207. (Nomodel.)

disk, 0, parallel with the major axis of said disk.

The button-holes in the neckbands of shirts are usually out transverselyto the length of the shirt, and if the flat stem B is passed through thebutton-holes it will be held with its fiat sides transversely to thelength of the shirt, and thus the major axis of the disk 0 will be heldtransversely to the length of the shirt, whereby the disk 0 will be heldin position so that its convex under side can fit against the neck. Theentire under surface of the bottom disk rests against the neck, and thusthe pressure of the button is not concentrated in one point, butdistributed over the entire under surface of said bottom disk. As theflattened shank or post is in the buttonhole, the button is preventedfrom turning. The button is thus very convenient and cannot chafe theskin or produce eruptions.

A further advantage of my improved button is that the shank or stem canbe made shorter than in collar-buttons of the ordinary construction, andthus material is saved.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secureby LettersPatentl. A collar-button having its bottom disk madeelliptical or oval and having its under surface eonvexly curved on aline of the major axis of said bottom disk,substant ally as shown anddescribed.

2. A collar-button having its bottom disk made oval or elliptical andhaving its under surface eonvexly curved on a line of the major axis ofthe disk, the button being also constructed with a flat stem, shank, orpost,whieh is parallel with the major axis of the bottom disk,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANTHONY HESSELS.

\Vitnesses:

SIDNEY ll/IANN, MARTIN PETRY.

